Chapter 193 Little Benefactor, Are You Willing to Rescue Him?
After a moment of stunned silence, Zhan Li immediately came to his senses.
The boy looked at Yan Xi with a hostile gaze, "Did you do this?"
Orthodox cultivators don't kill mortals; he was just scare them, not trying to kill them. But the merfolk of the Cangming Sea are different.
This kind of monster is cunning and is most skilled at bewitching people.
Several hundred years ago, there was internal strife in the Cangming Sea, and countless merfolk defected. Some cultivators even formed special merfolk-catching teams to earn spirit stones.
The captured mermaids were locked in cages like animals, for mortals to choose from.
Under the principle of "buying and selling are equally punished," merfolk don't have as many restrictions when killing mortals.
As soon as Zhan Li spoke, tears welled up in Yan Xi's eyes, and tiny pearls fell into the plastic bag with a clatter. His deep blue eyes looked at Hua Li with panic and helplessness, "My little benefactor... I... I didn't, it wasn't me..."
"I know it's not you." Huali reached behind her and patted his big tail reassuringly.
Her tail had been dehydrated for too long and was quite dry; she needed to find an inn quickly.
Zhan Li got even angrier when he heard this. He didn't know why he didn't go find Feng Yi and instead insisted on arguing with Hua Li.
But this brat in front of me doesn't know what's good for her!
"What are you looking at!" Huali retorted defiantly, "My little mermaid has no spiritual power and has always been by my side, a hundred and eight thousand miles away from those people!"
Zhan Li sneered, "Then how am I supposed to kill them when I'm right in front of you the whole time?"
He glared at the monster that was shedding mermaid tears.
After Li Yuan imprisoned Guan Lan, he reorganized the Cangming Sea with ruthless methods, which forced many merfolk to defect. The one in front of him was probably one of them.
But the strange thing is that the mermaids in the Cangming Sea are at least at the Foundation Establishment stage, but he couldn't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations from the one in front of him.
This is clearly not normal.
For some unknown reason, Huali has shrunk, and the mermaid's appearance at this time probably has ulterior motives.
Zhan Li recalled the blood-red kiss in the Dream Realm, and a look of contempt flashed in his eyes.
Shen Yu is nothing special; he made a grand confession, but couldn't even keep one person by his side.
In a short while, he had a new idea.
Regardless, since we've encountered her, we'll protect her for a few days. Mo Ziyan and the others will arrive soon; this time will serve as repayment for being rescued in the Prelude Dream Secret Realm.
Having successfully saved face, Zhan Li breathed a sigh of relief and turned around, "Huali..."
President Hua has already pushed her large cart for two miles.
"What a strange person. Instead of going to Ranran's side, he's coming over here. He's obviously up to no good." Ao Bai was like an ox pulling a cart, panting and groaning with exhaustion.
Huali thought for a moment, "Actually, I don't think he's necessarily a bad person. If he were here, we could avoid so much trouble..."
Ao Bai: "Huh? Eh? Eh?"
"Rosewood!"
Before Huali could finish speaking, Zhanli had already taken three steps at a time and caught up with her over the two miles.
"I..."
Panting heavily, Ao Bai looked at the severed, muscular arm and long legs, and his eyes lit up.
Human nature is inherently evil.
A tiny child and a cat, both barely big, can hatch mischievous schemes without even needing to plan ahead.
After Huali stopped, she smiled sweetly and said, "I wronged you just now. I apologize. I'm sorry."
Zhan Li was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously waved his hand, "Ah...it's nothing, it's nothing."
The little girl's smile was genuine and adorable. Having interacted with Huali so many times, this was the first time Zhanli had received such treatment, and he was momentarily at a loss for words.
Then he heard Huali say, "Is Zhanli-gege a good friend of Huali's?"
Ao Bai turned to look at his own ghost, then at Zhan Li, whose face had instantly turned bright red, and shook his head. He was still too naive and unaware of the wickedness of ghosts.
Zhan Li opened his mouth, "If you... want to turn enemies into friends, I... I'm not unwilling."
With her goal achieved, Huali nodded. "Good friends should help each other, right?"
Sensing something but not yet realizing it, Zhan Li murmured, "Ah, right."
Huali deftly placed the large cart handle in his hand onto Zhanli's hand, and to his astonishment, he and Aobai climbed onto the cart together, using both hands and feet.
The little girl pointed to herself and the bastard merman who had become even more "dependent" on her since she got on the bus, and innocently said, "Then Brother Zhanli, please help push the bus."
"The little fish's tail is too heavy for me to push alone. Brother Zhanli is so strong, even with me and Ao Bai together, it should be no problem, right?"
Zhan Li: "......"
The blush on the boy's face froze instantly, turning into a blank, dazed expression.
"Let's hurry up and set off! The inn is just ahead, we'll be there soon!"
Before Zhanli could react, Huali had already settled down happily and continued to comfort her little fish, "There will be water when we get to the inn."
"Thank you, my little benefactor."
Ao Bai looked at Hua Menqing, who was puffing out his chest in the carriage, then at Yu Jinlian, who was leaning weakly on her shoulder, and finally at Zhan Dalang, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot and who looked miserable.
Life is getting more and more unpredictable.
*
Deep within the abyss, the light of the runes meandered along chains as thick as ancient tree trunks, stretching all the way to the demonic dragon sealed at its core.
Luo Chuan sat amidst the bone spikes of the Chaos Beast, watching with great interest the demonic dragon that kept struggling.
The chains were covered with dense swastika seals, clearly done by the Buddhist sect.
It goes without saying that there are people in Buddhism who possess this ability.
Sensing another powerful aura, the enormous dragon eyes in the abyss suddenly opened, its two crimson eyes, like churning magma, staring unblinkingly at Luo Chuan.
The Demon King ignored the palpable killing intent and instead leisurely took out a communication stone. "Little Pear, guess what I saw? It's a demonic dragon."
"Alas, it's all because I was too careless during the last sealing, otherwise I wouldn't have had to make this trip again."
"Oh dear, these demonic dragon chains seem to be the work of the Buddhist sect..."
*
The communication stone kept flashing, but Huali didn't have time to look at it at all.
She specifically instructed the waiter to place Yan Xi's bathtub next to her bed. The little mermaid, after being washed, was lying on the edge of the tub, her huge tail curled up inside in a pitiful manner.
Meanwhile, Huali had also tidied herself up nicely and was lying on the bed with her legs up, counting the little pearls—a total of twenty-eight.
"Oh right, I haven't asked you yet, what's your name?" The little girl rolled around on the bed, turned over to the side of the bathtub, and looked up at the tub.
Yan Xi stared at her for a moment, then said, "Xiu."
Karin: "Huh? A bird?"
The little girl paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "This name is interesting. The little fish secretly yearns for the sky, and as it swims, it might one day turn into a real bird."
Yan Xi's smile grew even more innocent, and something profound surged silently from the darkness in his eyes. "Yes."
The mermaid leaned slightly forward, his long, silver-blue hair almost brushing against Karin's face. The coolness of the seawater, combined with his peculiar, slightly chilly scent carrying the aroma of the deep sea, created a dangerous allure.
"The little fish longs to fly and become a bird, naturally because it has been trapped for far too long..."
"That little benefactor... are you willing to rescue him?"
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